Pole-tip for vehicles



J T BAGBY POLE TIP FOR VEHICLES. Y

Patented Apr. 15, 1890'.

(No Model.)

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* UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN THOMAS BAGBY, OF BOWLING GREEN, MISSOURI.

POLE-TIPIFOR VEHICLES.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,848, dated April 15, 1890. Application filed August 13, 1889. Serial No. 320,774. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN THOMAS BAGBY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bowling Green,in the county of Pike and State of Missouri, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Pole-Tips; and I do hereby declare that the following 'is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in pole-tips, the object being the production of a simple, durable, cheap, and efficient device of the character mentioned.

To attain the desired object, the invention consists of a pole-tip comprising a cap or socket having an upward extension to receive the hook and a spring-act uated plate arranged in said extension and bearing against the hook; and, also, the invention consists in the novel construction of parts, substantially as described and specifically claimed.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a vertical central sectional view thereof, and Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of a modified form of the device.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A des ignates the cap, thimble, or socket adapted to fit on the end of the tongue or draft-pole and formed with the upward open extension B, through which the usual hook 0 passes, and in the extension is provideda socket or recess D,in which is placed a spring E, the upper end of which bears on the plate F, having the head or heads H for guiding and retaining the plate in place.

In the modification of the invention the spring encircles the extension and operates in the same manner as the other form.

From the foregoing it is evident that the plate is pressed against the hook and eitectnallyretains the same in place, but, however, gives sufficiently to allow the proper movement of the hook and the proper detachment thereof.

The points of merit of my device will be readily seen and appreciated, and are calculated to recommend the device as a muchneeded and thoroughlypractical article.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

,1. A pole-tip consisting of a cap or socket having an upward extension to receive the hook and a spring pressed plate bearing against said hook, substantially as described.

'2. A pole-tip consisting of a cap or socket having an upward extension to receive the hook, a plate bearing against said hook and having retaining-heads, and a spring for pressing the plate against the hook, substantially as described.

3. A pole-tip consisting of a cap or socket having an upward extension, a spring carried by said extension, and a plate arranged in said extension and adapted to be pressed against the hook by said spring, substantially as described.

4. In a pole-tip the combination, with the hook, of the yoke or extension to receive the same, the plate in said extension having guiding and retaining heads, and the spring bearing against said plate, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto at'fixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- JOHN THOMAS BAGBY.

WVitnesses:

THos. H. DALTON, TIM. F. BRANSTETTER. 

